Tenontosaurus fossils found in West Texas, the southernmost record of the dinosaur and a key to the Early Cretaceous.

Fossilization is a fickle process. Many fossils are fragmented, scattered (often broken) bones turned slowly to stone over millions of years. When most organisms die, their tissues are exposed to the ...

(CNN) — A Ceratosaurus fossil that is one of only four known to exist has sold for $30.5 million at auction. The rare dinosaur fossil is “one of the finest and most complete examples of its kind ever ...

Longtime fossil collector Barry Norbeck donated thousands of shells and other invertebrate fossils to the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Md., on Jan. 9, 2026. Museum officials described the ...

Geologist Dr. Jason W. Ricketts spotted unusual bone fragments eroding from soft shale near Van Horn, Texas, at the Indio ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

Paleontologists uncovered another rare fossil in Texas. This time, it's a 60-million-year-old fossil of a giant possum-like mammal that is reported to be the largest marsupial found in the North ...

Like finding mountains of gold bars below a bank or happening upon a rare piece of art hidden beneath a gallery, a Denver museum that's full of fossils serendipitously discovered -- wait for it -- a ...

Modern rock wallabies seem to survive by sticking together in small areas, but fossils show they need to travel.

SRINAGAR: In a significant step towards conserving Kashmir’s geological heritage, authorities have begun extending protected ...